Elektron Musical Instruments

well, i paid exactly 2049.- quid for my s1. and ok, i know what a stepsequencer can be 
good for: for programming patterns that are so simple and insistent that you would never 
do them with the extended capabilities of a daw, as well as bringing note events together 
with controller data to obtain probably unexpected results. hey, i'm not complaining about 
the fact that there is a stepsequencer, but about that you can't use the mm comfortably 
without it.for that kinda stuff i have my notron, which does the job a lot better ( though 
not easier). and for the quality, sorry, but wonky, cheap plastic softknobs, and a case size 
nonconform to the 19" standard for 1300.- plus 100.- for rack ears? overpriced beyond 
belief. i was willing to pay the price for the great sound, believing that i was supporting a 
small company producing an innovative creative weapon, cool that. in the end, after going 
through mm docs, realizing that using it just means fiddling around with the hardware 
instead of doing fine tuned and detailed groovy stuff, i'm really disappointed. 
and well, for the virus: it gives you a much better quality and features and overall 
technology for the money, although the interface isn't very sophisticated, too. man, see, i 
don't wanna start any pointless wars here, but i'm fucking disappointed. i want it's sound, 
but preferrably without the need to touch it or look at it. i guess if no one comes up with 
an editor, i'll really have to sell it. i can't afford wasting my time caring about technical 
aspects, rather than the musical ones.

a cry for help :)




--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Andy Tarpinian <evildead@n...> wrote:
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> On 11/18/05 2:13 PM, "poperzengott" wrote:
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> >i mean, 
> > i'm a child 
> > of the computer age, wtf do i need a circuitous step sequencer for composing
> > if i have two 
> > 24" tfts giving me enough space to run a more sophisticated ui?
> 
> Have you really tried it? The MnM and that s1 of yours midi'ed up with
> nothing else. Sounds like pure bliss to me. Big and Sophisticated does not =
> better
> 
> >i mean, let 
> > everybody 
> > work the way she/he wants, but the mm simply doesn't address this demand. i
> > wanna 
> > simply use it as an expander, because of it's great sound.
> 
> Sure a sound module for your daw, well you can do that no problem just like
> any other synth. Oh no sounddiver interface! By the wrath of Posiden! How
> could you make a tune without it! Sorry to jest but really you should not go
> blaming the instrument, it's how you want to work and the MnM was built for
> the exact opposite type of user. Buy an Access TI
> 
> > joke. the proof for only 700 bucks more can be found here: www.cwejman.com. i
> > refer to 
> > the s1, which i own, and which is of the highest quality of analog components.
> > cheap 
> > digital circuitry for 1300 quid is simply barefaced.
> 
> A S1 MKII is a $2,999.99 analog semi-modular synth, the MnM is a $1300
> digital multi synth with sequencer, not comparable.
> 
> > hope no one takes this as an offence,
> 
> As I hope you do not take my comments offensive.
>